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SNOW IN MIDSUMMER

by FRANCES YA-CHU COWHIG based on the classical Chinese drama The Injustice to Dou E that Moved Heaven and Earth

by GUAN HANQING with COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER, COSETTE DEROME, MANAMI HARA, EPONINE LEE, RICHARD LEE, MICHAEL MAN, JOHN NG, TRAVIS SEETOO, DONNA SOARES, JONATHAN TAN, KELLY WONG and LINDSAY WU Directed by NINA LEE AQUINO Set designed by CAMELLIA KOO Costumes designed by JOANNA YU Lighting designed by MICHELLE RAMSAY Original music and Sound designed by JOHN GZOWSKI Snow in Midsummer was first presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre on February 23, 2017.

US Premiere produced by Oregon Shakespeare Company, August 2018 Produced off-Broadway by Classic Stage Company, John Doyle, Artistic Director.

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COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER AS DOU YI.

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The Cast Dou Yi Officer 2 / Ensemble

IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER COSETTE DEROME

Nurse Wong / Mother Cai

MANAMI HARA

Fei-Fei

EPONINE LEE

Worker Huang / Ox-Head / Ensemble

RICHARD LEE

Handsome Zhang

MICHAEL MAN

Master Zhang / Judge Wu / Ensemble

JOHN NG

Worker Fang / Officer 1 / Ensemble

TRAVIS SEETOO

Tianyun Lin

DONNA SOARES

Rocket Wu / Ensemble

JONATHAN TAN

Doctor Lu / Worker Chen / Horse-Face / Ensemble

KELLY WONG

Officer 3 / Ensemble

LINDSAY WU

SETTING: New Harmony, a remote factory town in Jiangsu Province.

Present day and three years earlier.

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Micah Jondel DeShazer’s engagement is supported and funded through the Canada Council for the Arts

UNDERSTUDIES COSETTE DEROME, Nurse Wong, Mother Cai, Tianyun Lin; RICHARD LEE, Master Zhang, Judge Wu, Doctor Lu, Worker Chen, Horse-Face, Officer 2 / 3; JOHN NG, Worker Huang, Ox-Head, Worker Fang, Officer 1; TRAVIS SEETOO, Handsome Zhang, Rocket Wu; LINDSAY WU, Dou Yi, Fei-Fei. AMY JEWELL, Stage Manager; BECCA JORGENSEN, Assistant Stage Manager

Running time is approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes including one intermission

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: MANAMI HARA AS NURSE WONG; JONATHAN TAN AS ROCKET WU AND KELLY WONG AS DOCTOR LU; JOHN NG AS MASTER ZHANG; EPONINE LEE AS FEI-FEI AND DONNA SOARES AS TIANYUN LIN; DONNA SOARES AS TIANYUN LIN AND MANAMI HARA AS MOTHER CAI; MICHAEL MAN AS HANDSOME ZHANG AND COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER AS DOU YI.

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COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER AS DOU YI. OPPOSITE: EPONINE LEE AS FEI-FEI.

The Tell-Tale Heart

by Christine Mok

What happens when the world ends, but the world keeps revolving? When your husband dies? And your son passes? When injustice persists? What happens when the machines stop working? When work stops? When the lakes dry up? And the air fills with smoke and haze? What happens when the world as you know it ends? What happens when the world keeps ending? What happens after that?

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig explores these afterworlds in Snow in Midsummer, the final play in her China trilogy. Along with World of Extreme Happiness and King of Hell’s Palace, Snow in Midsummer is part of an extended exploration of the forces of global capital as they shape, constrain, and explode within the lives of everyday people in contemporary China.

Most recently a recipient of the 2024 Whiting Award, which is given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama, Cowhig uses the theatre, a space of play and collective attention, to provide an unflinching look at the consequences of human actions and the possibilities for speaking truth to power. In Snow in Midsummer, Cowhig returns to the contemporary Chinese factory town, the setting of World of Extreme Happiness, to weave together the historical with the contemporary, the mythological with the ecological. Snow in Midsummer is a ghost story, murder mystery, detective story, post-apocalyptic, supernatural adventure — all in the pursuit of justice, hope, and future possibility.

As a ghost story, Snow in Midsummer is haunted by a past that is never really, past. One of the pasts to Cowhig’s play that ghosts it is the 13th century play by Guan Hanqing, known as Dou E Yuan (or The Injustice to Dou E and Snow in Midsummer). Snow in Midsummer is an adaptation of a 13th century play. It is the first commission of the rsc’s Chinese Translations Project, a cultural-exchange program that brings Chinese classics to a new audience. The Chinese Translations Project draws a lineage between Shakespeare and works written in China that were performed or adapted within Shakespeare’s lifetime (1564–1616) in the Yuan, Song, Tang, and Ming dynasties — exceptionally rich periods in Chinese artistic and cultural history. With research on more than 45 classical Chinese titles nominated by scholars, academics, theatre-makers, playwrights and translators from across the world, the rsc matched Cowhig with translator Gigi Chang.

When Cowhig sifted through the stories of several golden age Chinese plays, the story of Dou E, a woman executed for a crime she did not commit, whose ghost returns to seek justice, caught her eye. Cowhig then built her adaptation from Chang’s literal translation of the original play, keeping some elements and radically revising others. The central love story is no longer between Dou E and her dead husband. Cowhig shifts our attention to the love between two men, Rocket and Handsome (who gets all of Dou E’s most romantic lines), between mothers and daughters, and between sisters.

Guan Hanqing’s Dou E ruffles some papers to get her father’s attention so that he might right the wrongs of the past; Cowhig’s Dou Yi takes vengeance into her own hands, quite literally.

Cowhig also built her adaptation from conversations and interviews with British East Asian actors because another past haunts Cowhig’s Snow in Midsummer, the historic underrepresentation of Asian actors on British and American stages, in addition to political censorship. Cowhig situates herself as a writer in an interview from 2014 in the following ways: “because Chinese writers who try to write about social or political truths are often punished by the government, because there aren’t many plays about contemporary China, and because there aren’t very meaty roles for Asian actors in the us or the uk, by writing a few plays on China, I can address multiple ‘gaps’ at once.”

For Snow in Midsummer, Cowhig traversed one of these gaps by undertaking a listening tour in London, in the aftermath of rsc’s 2012–2013 production of the classical Chinese play, The Orphan of Zhao, which elicited criticism over its casting of only three actors of East Asian descent to play a servant and two dogs. In her listening tour, she was interested not just in how British East Asian actors felt about representation, she wanted to hear from them the kinds of roles they dreamed for themselves, using their wish list to populate the world of Snow in Midsummer. For Cowhig, there is a direct connection between writing about China from outside, as a member of the diaspora, and writing dream roles for actors of Asian descent. Though the characters are Chinese, the actors are Asian North American and British East Asian.

For the Shaw Festival’s production of Snow in Midsummer, an even more recent past may haunt the stage. The play’s stage directions name the time and place of the play as “ New Harmony, a remote factory town in Jiangsu Province. Present day and three years earlier.” From the vantage point of today, “three years earlier” was still the early days of the global outbreak of coronavirus, when life and work looked very different. The play’s us and

uk premieres were before the pandemic, in 2017 at Stratford-upon-Avon, produced by the rsc, and in 2018 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.

The play’s then and now, now feel very different. We will never look at a face mask the same way. We understand the end of work as we know it differently. We hope we understand communal care differently. Some of us worked from home, whereas others were essential workers, often without adequate protections. Cars stayed off highways in garages, airplanes were left in hangers, and ships remained docked. Scientists found that, in some places, air and water quality improved.

On the one hand, it seemed as if humandisturbed habitats began to recover. On the other, the pandemic was not a disruption but rather part of climate change’s disastrous effects, just like wildfires, heat waves, floods, and storms.

A signal feature of Guan Hanqing’s play that remains in Cowhig’s is the natural world’s attunement to the injustices done to Dou Yi. The natural world bears witness to Dou Yi’s innocence through the following anomalies: first snow falls in midsummer, then three years of drought, and finally a dust storm and plague of locusts that halts New Harmony’s factories, transforming the engine of economic growth into “ten thousand tons of broken, dust and locust clogged machinery.” Many of the characters ignore the world, even as it speaks out in snow, haze, and locusts. These characters may refuse to see, but we, as the audience, cannot ignore the effects of injustice as it unfolds in front of us on the stage. In unravelling a mystery, Snow in Midsummer, at its heart, is not just a whodunnit but ponders a telling of how and why. With Tianyun Lin, we embark on a journey of discovery, driven by vengeance, with the promise of justice, so that rather than the past continuing to haunt the present, we can better build a future of never again.

CHRISTINE MOK, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, RECEIVED HER PHD IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY, AND HOLDS AN MFA IN DRAMATURGY AND DRAMATIC CRITICISM FROM THE YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA. SHE WAS THE DRAMATURG FOR THE US PREMIERE OF SNOW IN MIDSUMMER AT THE OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL AND IS THE CO-EDITOR WITH JOSHUA TAKANO CHAMBERS-LETSON TO FRANCES YA-CHU COWHIG’S CHINA TRILOGY: THREE PARABLES OF GLOBAL CAPITAL (2021).

JONATHAN TAN AS ROCKET WU AND MICHAEL MAN AS HANDSOME ZHANG.

Snow in M

Midsummer, 2024

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: DONNA SOARES AS TIANYUN LIN AND COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER AS DOU YI; THE ENSEMBLE; JONATHAN TAN AS ROCKET WU; MICHAEL MAN AS HANDSOME ZHANG WITH KELLY WONG AS WORKER CHEN, RICHARD LEE AS WORKER HUANG AND TRAVIS SEETOO AS WORKER FANG.

Production History Snow in Midsummer was commissioned and produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company as the first of the rsc’s Chinese Translations Project, a cultural exchange program to adapt Chinese plays that were written during Shakespeare’s time (1564–1616). In 2012, international headlines were made when their adaptation of The Orphan of Zhao employed only three actors of East Asian descent out of seven cast members. The British East Asian acting community reacted swiftly, demanding change that led to a complete overhaul of the company’s Chinese Translations project. Then, in 2015, the rsc contacted Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig about a new adaptation for their current project. It premiered in February 2017 at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

In 2018, the us premiere was held at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The first New York production occurred in June 2022 at the Classical Stage Company, in part to respond to increasing violence against the East Asian community since the start of the covid-19 pandemic.

A Malaysian, Singaporean and Taiwanese film adaptation of some themes found in Snow in Midsummer was selected to open the 2023 Golden Horse Film Festival in Taipei, a parallel section of the Venice International Film Festival, where it had its global premiere.

KATIE LEUNG AS DOU YI, ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, 2017 (PHOTO BY IKIN YUM); OLIVIA PHAM AS FEI-FEI AND JESSICA KO AS DOU YI, OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL , 2018 (PHOTO BY JENNY GRAHAM). OPPOSITE: LOKAPALA, A HEAVENLY GUARDIAN AND “TRAMPLING GHOST, ” EARLY 8TH CENTURY TANG DYNASTY FIGURINE (DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART/ BRIDGEMAN IMAGES).

The Golden Age of Chinese Drama

by Christine Mok

Snow in Midsummer is a contemporary adaptation of a canonical Chinese drama, Dou E Yuan a beloved play from the Yuan dynasty. Though millennia of recorded theatre history prior to the Yuan dynasty exists — with Chinese actors, even today, tracing their craft to the famous Pear Orchard Conservatory established during the Tang dynasty (618–907) ­— Yuan drama is considered the golden age of Chinese theatre. Within the span of a century, some of the greatest works of classical Chinese drama were written and produced. Today, more than 160 plays, known as zaju, from this era are extant. Zaju flourished under Mongolian rule and especially during the reign of Kublai Khan (1260–1294), becoming the dominant dramatic form, thus taking on the name of the dynasty, Yuan drama.

When Mongols invaded and conquered China, they unified north and south, connecting people and cultures through trade and empire across Asia, Eurasia and Europe.

The Yuan dynasty was an era of unprecedented cultural and artistic advances in a variety of fields, including poetry, theatre, painting, mathematics and medicine. While many enjoyed peace and prosperity, educated Han Chinese elite found their social and political power greatly diminished under the Mongols. The civil-service examinations that had determined court positions and organized bureaucratic imperial life were abolished. Displaced Confucian scholar-officials turned to the arts, especially poetry and playwriting, to make a living and seek glory.

With the Confucian literati joining theatrical troupes as playwrights, the plays fused a new narrative tradition with older musical performance practices to create Yuan drama: popular variety plays with songs, dance, monologues, farce and probably acrobatics.

Yuan playwrights found inspiration in literary tales, histories from earlier dynasties, and popular tales passed through oral traditions that imparted Confucian values. Yuan drama mixed both high and low culture, reflecting the literary aspirations of their authors, without neglecting the entertaining high jinks that their non-elite audiences demanded. The plays are full of romance, adventure and the supernatural. Enough plays deal with the criminal justice system to suggest that the exiled scholar-playwrights wove critiques of their diminished experience under Mongolian rule into plays that grappled with morality and injustice.

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The Authors GUAN HANQING (c.1245–c.1322) is the best known of all the dramatists working during the Golden Age of Chinese Drama. He is the first playwright listed in A Register of Ghosts, a record of poets and playwrights, published in 1330. He was a prolific writer, playing a large role in theatrical innovation and the cultural boom of a decisive historical age.

Guan is often acknowledged in Western texts as “China’s Shakespeare.” Considering that Guan preceded Shakespeare by more than 300 years, Shakespeare may be Brittania’s Guan Hanqing. Either trained for a life in medicine or a practicing court physician, he lived in Yen-Ching, the site of modern-day Beijing. He began writing plays in 1260 and wrote more than 60, 18 of which have survived.

These extant works are now exemplary forms of classical Chinese drama, with a robust history of revival and adaption. His best-known play is Dou E Yuan, or The Injustice to Dou E that Moved Heaven and Earth, the source play for Cowhig’s Snow in Midsummer.

FR ANCES YA-CHU COWHIG is an internationally produced playwright known for The China Plays: Three Parables of Global Capital. The plays in the trilogy, The World of Extreme Happiness, The King of Hell’s Palace, and Snow in Midsummer, have been produced in the uk at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hampstead Theatre and the National Theatre, and in the us at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theater Club, Classic Stage and Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. Her recent audio musical Last Words of Uncle Dirt was produced by Playwrights Horizons (nyc) and is a collaboration with composer Michael Roth.

Frances was born in Philadelphia, and raised in Northern Virginia, Okinawa, Taipei and Beijing.

She received an mfa in Writing from the James A. Michener Center for Writers at ut Austin, a ba in Sociology from Brown University, and a certificate in Ensemble-Based Physical Theatre from the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

Her body of work has been honoured with the Wasserstein Prize, the Yale Drama Series Award (selected by David Hare), an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, the Keene Prize for Literature, and a United States Artist Fellowship. She has taught at Bennington College and was formerly an Associate Professor of Drama at uc Santa Barbara, where she mentored undergraduate playwrights and directed the New Works Lab. Frances lives in Southern Appalachia, where she enjoys growing vegetables and dramatic worlds. She is currently working on a middle-grade fantasy trilogy, an opera libretto, and new play commissions for Yale Rep and the Perelman Center.

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NINA LEE AQUINO Director SHAW 2024: Director for Snow in Midsummer; 1st season. I was born in the Philippines and, as a diplomat’s child, grew up in various places, including Texas and Toronto. Now, I call Ottawa my home. My first theatre experience was also my professional debut, playing Annie in the musical Annie.

After an early retirement from musical theatre, mentors like Ric Knowles, Judith Thompson, Brian Quirt, Allen MacInnis, and Yvette Nolan inspired me to shift my focus to directing, dramaturgy, and artistic leadership. You might recognize my work from Factory Theatre, Cahoots Theatre, and fu-gen Asian Canadian Theatre. Recently, my directorial venture brought me back to my musical roots with Prison Dancer, Canada’s first Filipino-Canadian musical, which premiered at the Citadel Theatre and toured to the National Arts Centre, where I now serve as Artistic Director of English Theatre. I’m thrilled to embark on my first season with you at The Shaw.

CAMELLIA KOO Set Designer SHAW 2024: Set designer for Snow in Midsummer. One of my grandfathers, Ting Koo, founded the Peking Opera Group of Toronto. As a kid, instead of watching the shows, I was always running around backstage with my cousins, not really paying attention to the crew setting up and the performers applying their face make-up.

My other grandfather, Dragon Lee, was also CAMELLIA KOO sometimes one of those performers playing Guang Gung, the god with the fierce red face.

Years later, I still get such a thrill hanging out backstage and watching the show from the wings whenever I’m allowed to. I love watching the backstage hubbub and organized chaos of scene changes and costume quick-changes, because it always reminds me of my grandfathers.

JOANNA YU 余頌恩

JOANNA YU

NINA LEE AQUINO

Costume Designer SHAW 2024: Costume designer for Snow in Midsummer. I have spent my life being asked the question “where are you from?”

In most cases the folks who ask simply want to know if they’re right and they move on; but you’re reading this programme, so here goes; I am from the many who choose to immigrate, seeking a better life than what our homeland might offer. I am Canadian, born in another colonized land to parents of amazing imagination, determination and heart. I am from a small suburb where I learned that embracing the cultures of the people around you is vital.

And now, I also think I am from the artists I get to spend time in the room with — countless hours talking about plays and creating worlds from them. I am from this art form that allows me a place to create and imagine.

MICHELLE RAMSAY Lighting Designer SHAW 2024: Lighting designer for Snow in Midsummer. I was born and raised in Prince George, bc. My first theatre experience is not one that I remember, but rather a story that my family tells. When I was five, we were visiting my mother’s family in New York, and they took me to see Peter Pan on Broadway.

As it finished, I turned to my dad and asked if we could see another “movie.” As children, my siblings and friends and I would put on plays for our families around holiday time and I would do a lot of the organizing, including lighting them with whatever lamps I found around the house. The adults in the house were always very supportive despite the (probably questionable) quality. My dorky lighting ways were solidified when I picked the colour of my high-school graduation dress from a gel swatch book.

MICHELLE RAMSAY

JOHN GZOWSKI Original Music and Sound Designer SHAW 2024: Original music and sound designer for Snow in Midsummer, sound designer for Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart. Born and raised in Toronto, I originally planned to be a guitarist, but kept getting asked to write music for shows, which I fortunately learned is just as fun and interesting. My pandemic pivot has been going back for my master’s in composition, studying the application of the predictive mind model to music and creativity, which has now progressed to a PhD. Here at The Shaw, Mahabharata, The Divine, Dracula and The Hound of the Baskervilles are a few shows that I’ve worked on that have really made me proud.

RICHARD LEE

RICHARD LEE MANAMI HARA Worker Huang / Ox-Head / Ensemble / Fight Designer / Fight Captain SHAW 202: Snow in Midsummer and The Orphan of Chao; 1st season. I’m an Actor, Fight Director, Film Maker, Educator, Producer and Sound Designer. My first memorable experience in theatre was watching a production of The Mousetrap.

I loved how I felt so seen and heard as an audience member, especially with the plea at the end from the cast to keep the ending of the play a secret. It sparked a love of theatre that could seek to break walls and connect with audiences beyond the story. This led to the creation of one of my most favourite theatre pieces, Monday Nights — an interactive and immersive basketball play that I co-created with members of The 6th Man Theatre Collective. Monday Nights was a part of the 2019 Luminato Festival, which epically coincided with the championship of the Toronto Raptors.

JOHN GZOWSKI

COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER Dou Yi SHAW 2024: Appearing in Snow in Midsummer, director of The Orphan of Chao; 2nd season. I grew up in the country outside of Antigonish, Nova Scotia — fields, hills, evergreens, dirt roads. I was a weird kid, child of immigrants, bookish, a bit grubby. As a kid, I saw shows at Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre — pure wonder! Later, I performed with the local community theatre and found my people and my love for this art form and the empathy it inspires. I’ve now been making my living in the theatre for nearly 20 years. As an actor, I’ve performed at Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, Tarragon, the Citadel — all over. In recent years, I’ve been directing and teaching more. It’s nice to be back at The Shaw — I was in my first season in 2019 and was pregnant with my son at the time.

A good place to gestate!

COSETTE DEROME

MANAMI HARA Nurse Wong / Mother Cai

COURTNEY CH’NG LANCASTER

COSETTE DEROME

Officer 2 / Ensemble SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and The Shaw Variety Show; 1st season. Acting with The Shaw has always been a dream of mine, but I’d let that dream fall to the wayside.

Film and tv work, childcare, other projects kept coming up. Then last fall I was hosing chicken poop off my EPONINE LEE bee frames with the indomitable Jenny Wright, and I mentioned how much I’d enjoyed seeing her in last year’s The Game of Love and Chance and that I wished I could do something like that. She said, basically, “Ya dummy, go send in your stuff.” I did. Thanks for the kick in the pants, Jenny. I like it here.

SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and The Shaw Variety Show; 1st season. I’m delighted to debut at The Shaw and share a little bit about myself with you. At 18, I moved from Tokyo, Japan alone to pursue my dream of becoming a theatre artist in North America. I settled my roots in Vancouver, bc and graduated from Studio 58 at Langara College. Despite being a young Asian female actor, I was given incredible opportunities to play roles such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at Carousel Theatre for Young Audiences and Miranda in Tempest at Globe Theatre in Regina to kick off my career. Since then, I’ve been growing my artistry as an actor, playwright, instructor, interpreter/translator, dramaturge and director for over three decades.

EPONINE LEE Fei-Fei SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and The Orphan of Chao; 1st season. I’m incredibly honoured to be in this year’s Shaw Festival season. I was born in Toronto and spent much of my childhood attending my parents’ workshops, rehearsals, and closing night celebrations, creating a uniquely profound relationship with theatre. I began performing when I was offered to be in David Yee’s carried away on the crest of a wave at Tarragon in 2013.

Since then, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside many talented and inspiring theatre artists that have helped me grow as a performer. My favourite comment from an audience member was when I was in Stratford Festival’s R+J and heard it was a little girl’s first time seeing a play with a lead that looked like her. When she imagines Juliet now, she’ll think of my version of the character: a fiercely independent Asian Juliet.

MICHAEL MAN Handsome Zhang SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and Sherlock Holmes and The Mystery of the Human Heart; Playwright, The Orphan of Chao; 4th season. I’m inspired by those who act in the face of uncertainty — in situations big and small — leaders of social change, or children learning fearlessly. My nephew, who turns two this year, was helping his mother with yard work discarding weeds into paper bags. These bags are taller than he is, which is adorable, but I digress … He reaches but misses the opening. “Uh oh” says he, sans judgement or frustration. With some maternal encouragement, he picks up the dandelions, tries a few more times before successfully throwing it out. I admire this “keep on keeping on” attitude, not knowing how things turn out so long as we try our best. I hope as creators and consumers of arts and culture, we are contributing, in some ways, to a better world for the generations to come.

MICHAEL MAN

JOHN NG Master Zhang / Judge Wu / Ensemble SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and The Orphan of Chao; 1st season. Originally from Hong Kong, and after a brief period living in the Bahamas, I grew up and settled in Ottawa which remains, to this day, my home. My initial introduction to theatre came early thanks to my mother, who was a huge fan of Cantonese opera and would often take us to special live performances; I was mesmerized by the pageantry and spectacle witnessing it all. Years later, I would experience that same magic from the perspective onstage for the first time, as an ensemble member in a university production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

The director of the show, Lib Spry, gave me the kickstart and encouragement to take this craft further from that point. And now, here we are, I am honoured to be making my debut at the Shaw Festival this season.

TRAVIS SEETOO Worker Fang / Officer 1 / Ensemble SHAW 2024: appearing in Snow in Midsummer, appearing in and music director for The Shaw Variety Show and creator of The Roll of Shaw; 11th season. When I was in grade 7, I was approached by some classmates to play a game called Dungeons & Dragons. “It’s kind of like being in Lord of the Rings” they said. So, every recess we played D&D. We went on adventures, performed heroics and fought dragons in our imaginations. I loved creating characters and telling stories with my friends, which is what I luckily ended up doing for a living.

JONATHAN TAN

DONNA SOARES

TRAVIS SEETOO

TRAVIS SEETOO

KELLY WONG

DONNA SOARES Tianyun Lin SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and The Orphan of Chao; 4th season. I am from Vancouver: the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy ̓əm (Musqueam), Skwx_wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel í̓ l w ̓ itulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

As I write this, I have yet to begin rehearsals for either of my shows. I wonder. What will the plays, characters, and collaborators that I encounter this season teach me? What will they ask of me? What aspects of my self, my history, my ancestry, and my imagination will I discover and reveal? I don’t have the answers to these questions and may not find them until the end of the season.

Or perhaps after. And as I delve into this murkiness along with my two directors, I want to recognize two directors/leaders who saw something in me when I was a baby actor, supporting me in my growth: Maiko Yamamoto and Sherry J. Yoon. Thank you.

JONATHAN TAN Rocket Wu / Ensemble

SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and The Orphan of Chao; 14th season. In my first year of university, there was a serendipitous shortage of second basses — serendipitous because a baritone who drinks like a frosh wakes up with solid low-Cs. Those few extra notes got me into some choirs that — to be honest — were too good for my very green self, the most special of which was a group called Amabile. With them, I saw Europe, sang with symphonies, recorded albums, even performed for The Queen, all as an anonymous second bass amongst dozens — sometime hundreds — of singers. We made music out of nothing more than our bodies in space, weaving single voices into a harmonic whole so much greater JOHN NG than the sum of its parts. At this intersection of math and magic, there is no I — just us, the moment, and music. Long live the humble choir.

KELLY WONG Doctor Lu / Worker Chen / Horse-Face / Ensemble SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart; 16th season. For my tenth birthday, my parents took me to see a matinee of The Phantom of the Opera.

I vividly remember my excitement as I watched those actors bring that story to life. That was the precise moment I fell in love with theatre. For months afterwards, I couldn’t stop thinking about the show. I obsessed over the cast recording, re-enacting all the parts on my own … hoping, wishing that one day I’d become an actor. My ten-year-old self wouldn’t have believed that this is how things would turn out. Today, I get to dress up and make believe. I am a professional pretender.

LINDSAY WU Officer 3 / Ensemble SHAW 2024: Snow in Midsummer and The Orphan of Chao; 2nd season. Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, I pursued my acting dreams in Ontario. Now based in the gta, I’ve been captivated by storytelling since stepping on stage in the third grade. Connecting with audiences and sharing narratives fuel my passion. Every performance is a chance to sync heartbeats and create lasting connections. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to live my dream daily.

LINDSAY WU

JANE VANSTONE OSBORN Stage Manager SHAW 2024: Stage manager for Snow in Midsummer, The Shaw Variety Show and The Roll of Shaw; 7th season. The first show I saw was at ypt Colonnade in Toronto. My first asm gig was Grease at York University. What a strange job — arrive early, sweep the floor, hold the curtain for a car, and stay late. I was hooked. I enjoy the collaborative, creative, puzzle-solving nature of this work. I love watching ideas come to life and hearing the audience take part. One of my favourite shows was Up to Low at Ottawa’s Arts Court, where I sat amongst the audience and could feel their responses as I whispered cues to the crew.

SHAW 2024: Assistant stage manager for Snow in Mid summer and Sherlock Holmes and the SANG-SANG LEE Mystery of the Human Heart; 2nd se a son. I wa s bor n a nd raised in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ), also known as Edmonton, in Treaty 6 Territory and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4. It’s the traditional land of many Indigenous peoples, including the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux and Métis. I acknowledge those who came before us, those who have stewarded this land since time immemorial so that we may have a life here. It’s a reminder that the responsibility of stewardship has been passed to each of us, and that I must do more to care for this land so that future generations can enjoy the beauty and bounty that we have benefitted from. I’m missing those amazing, long summer days where it seems like you have all the time in the world and the sun barely sets. I still call Edmonton home.

JANE VANSTONE OSBORN

SANG-SANG LEE Assistant Stage Manager

Shaw Staff EXECUTIVE TEAM Artistic Director

TIM CARROLL

Executive Director TIM JENNINGS

Executive Assistant (from April)

PETRICE CUSTANCE

Interim Executive Assistant (to April) PATTY JAMIESON

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT

Associate Artistic Director

KIMBERLEY RAMPERSAD

Design Design Co-ordinator LAUREN REBELO

Design Assistants

ANGEL EVERETT AURORA JUDGE ARIANNA MOODIE XIMENA PINILLA ALEX SOBSCHAK ROSE TAVORMINA SARAH YUEN

Design Mentor

JUDITH BOWDEN

Senior Administrator, Creative Management SARAH PHILLIPS

Music Director

PAUL SPORTELLI

Associate Music Director / Company Pianist RYAN deSOUZA

Editor – 2024 House Programmes

BOB HETHERINGTON

Assistant Producer

THOM MARRIOTT

Ensemble and Housing Liaison

SUZIN SCHIFF

THE SLAIGHT FAMILY ACADEMY

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BEX TRALLI

KIM CHARLEEN SMITH

PSM Consultant

MEREDITH MACDONALD

Stage Managers

BEATRICE CAMPBELL AMY JEWELL CAROLYN MACKENZIE LEIGH McCLYMONT ALLAN TEICHMAN DORA TOMASSI JANE VANSTONE OSBORN

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Apprentice Stage Managers KAITLYN ALDERSON GEORGIA HOLLAND

Properties Head of Properties

ANNA-MARIE BAUMGART

Alexander Technique

Assistant Head of Properties

Singing Coaches

Properties Buyer

VICTORIA HEART

VAN ABRAHAMS PATRICK BOWMAN EILEEN SMITH

Movement Coach

ALEXIS MILLIGAN

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Metcalf Music Intern ATHENA SO

Neil Munro Intern Directors PETER FERNANDES TARA ROSLING

PRODUCTION

Production Director DON FINLAYSON

Production Administrator MARGARET FERENCZ

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Technical Directors

MARK CALLAN ANRITA PETRAROIA JASON WOODGATE

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STACEY BONAR

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Cutters

PAT GLINKA CHERYL HUGHES MORGAN MACKINTOSH LISE St-GERMAIN

Tailors

THEO BELC NATHAN BRUCE JEFF PYBUS

Stage Management Production Stage Manager

PRAGNA DESAI

Boots/Shoes

Assistant Lighting Designers

Producer

NATALIE ACKERS

MICHELLE HARRISSON

Junior Cutter

KEVIN LAMOTTE

Assistant Sound Designer

Director, Community Engagement and Outreach

TRULY CARMICHAEL

Accessories

Lighting Design Director

Planning Director

JEFF CUMMINGS

Millinery Crafts

ALEXA MacKENZIE BRENT HICKEY

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Properties Builder 2

SAMANTHA FELSBOURG JASON JENNINGS MATT LECKIE JENNA PURNELL WAYNE REIERSON ANDREA WILLETTE

Properties Builder 1

DANA CORNELIUS EMILY DYCK RACHELLE GARRETT MAC HILLIER AMY WILLIS

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Associate Head of Wardrobe

ERIN HUITEMA MONIQUE MacNEILL DENIS PIZZACALLA

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AUDREY-JOY BERGSMA PILLING REBECCA BOYD DARLENE HENDRY ANDREA MacKENZIE KATHY SCOZZAFAVA VERONICA WATKINS

Sewers

CASEY BROWN CAROL FARNAN DEANNA HERBERT SILKE JABLONKA CHRYS KALOUDIS SANDRA LeROSE MIRANDA LUMLEY ALLISON MacISAAC KAYLEN McCORMACK KAREN MERRIAM DARLENE NASZADOS LILLIAN PASQUA KATE STEINBACH EMMA TANSLEY NANCY THIESSEN KATHLEEN VAN DYKE MADISON WATSON HAILEE WHITE

Royal George Audio Operator WAYNE BERGE

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STUART WILLIAMSON

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MEL THIVIERGE

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JEAN ST-ONGE

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LAURIE PENNER

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Assistant Head of Scenic Art

Royal George Properties Runner

JANA BERGSMA

ANDREA HARRINGTON

Scenic Artists

KIM BROWN REBECCA LEE JESSICA MacDUFF

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Trades

ROB BROPHY GEORGE GALANIS KEVIN HARTE MICHAEL HASLEHURST ROB MAZZA MIKE PALMIERI

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SHANNON ENGEMANN

JOY BEELEY

LAURA MASCITELLI

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ANTHONY BLASCHUK, SR

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DAVID DiFRANCESCO

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MICHAEL NASZADOS

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PAUL TIMMERMAN

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DANIEL BRIDGMAN

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Royal George Changeover Supervisor

Wardrobe Co-ordinator

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Assistant Head of Construction Electrics

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Assistant Head of Audio

1st Festival Wardrobe Supervisor

JANET ELLIS

KENDRA COOPER

EVELYN LOCKWOOD KRISTINA OJAPERV

Buyer

MAUREEN GURNEY

Milliner

MARGIE BERGGREN

JOHN VANIDOUR

ANTHONY BLASCHUK, JR

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ROB GRINDLAY

Royal George Changeover Trade

DAVID KESSLER WAYNE BOLGER

MARGARET MOLOKACH JOANNE BLASCHUK

Royal George Wardrobe Supervisor

Associate, Development Communications

2nd Royal George Wardrobe Supervisor

Co-ordinator, Gift Processing

PAM GALLOP

JULIAN VALENTIN

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Studio Wardrobe Supervisor SHEILA RADOVANCEVIC

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Festival Wardrobe Trades ALEX ANDERSON CHRISTINA GALANIS DOT WARD

Royal George Wardrobe Trades

STACEY BONAR

Wigs and Make-up Head of Wigs and Make-up

TINA SCHMIDT

MADELINE MAMBELLA

Administrative Co-ordinator TYLER COOK

Events Co-ordinator LAURA GRAY

Administrative Assistant TRUDY CARR RACHAEL LILLIE

Supervisor, Membership Services JEFF MacKAY

Membership Representatives ELIZABETH ABRAHIM THERESA FEOR ASHLEY NOBLE CHRISTIAN ROETHLING JULIA VENTRESCA ANNE WILSON

Festival Wigs Supervisor

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Director (to May)

Royal George Wigs Supervisor

Controller

Studio Wigs Supervisor

Assistant Controller

2nd Festival Wigs Supervisor

Senior Manager, Payroll

2nd Royal George Wigs Supervisor

Senior Accounting Clerk

LORNA HENDERSON FLO LEWIS

LORENA GHIRARDI EMMA DIRKS

JEANETTE WARD

CINDY LOU TACHÉ

3rd Royal George Wigs Supervisor ROSE HENDRIE

1st Festival Wigs Trade MELISSA MOTTOLA

1st Royal George Wigs Trade/3rd Festival Wigs Trade MAUREEN POSADAS

2nd Festival Wigs Trade JOE PAONESSA

MANAGEMENT Human Resources Director DIANNE GIBBS

Housing Manager

NEIL SMITH

Maintenance

LARRY BENNETT

DEVELOPMENT Director of Advancement CINDY MEWHINNEY

Associate Director

MARION RAWSON

Associate Director, Individual Giving

KIMBERLEY WHITE

Senior Development and U.S. Relations Ambassador CHARLIE OWENS

Senior Officer, Major and Corporate Gifts DAN HICKEY

Senior Officer, Individual Giving

COLLEEN MONFILS

Manager, Governors Council CHRISTINE PELLERIN

Manager, Membership Services TIM CZABAN

Stewardship Officer

HEATHER SARGESONCALLARA

Senior Events Associate STEPHANIE BROWN

ROY REEVES

JULIE ALLEN-SARGENT KIM EPP

RICK FOKKENS

GREG McARTHUR

Payroll and Project Co-ordinator

SUSAN ASHUKIAN

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Housekeeping Staff

JANICE BOCCABELLA DARLENE BOWSLAUGH DOROTHY CARTER MARIE DUMOULIN DONNA INGLIS LORI-ANN McALLISTER AGATA MIELCZAREK CARMELLA SAPIENZA SUE SIMS JUDY SOBIERAJ MELISSA VILA

Maintenance Lead Hand DAVID McCARTHY

Communications Senior Manager

JENNIFFER ANAND

Co-ordinator

MATTHEW BICKERTON

Social Engagement Specialist KATIE SCARLETT GALVIN

Publicist

B-REBEL COMMUNICATIONS

Production Photographers DAVID COOPER EMILY COOPER MICHAEL COOPER

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Assistant Manager, Sales and Box Office

MICHELLE CHASE

Co-ordinator, Reports and Scheduling SARAH RODGERS

Co-ordinator, Sales Technology

PIPPA BARWELL

Box Office Staff

ZACHARY BIGGS BRYAN BROOME ELIZABETH HARVEY SUSANNE HESLOP JENNIFER PALABAY JOEL RENNER JESSICA SWEENY ANTONETTA TREMONTE VICTORIA WILLEMS

Audience Services and Facilities Senior Manager

Maintenance Crew Heads

Manager, Food and Beverage

Grounds Crew

Green Room Cook

Administrative, Front-of-House Manager

Distribution Supervisor

Staff

Managers, Front-of-House

Information Technology Director

CHUCK MEWETT JULIANNA UGUCCIONI WILL CROTHERS

SUSAN DYER VERA LENC GREG McARTHUR ROSS RINGLER MURIEL TRIANO

Head of Housekeeping DONNA SMITH

Head of Maintenance/ Security GREIG HUNTER

Front-of-House/Food and Beverage Staff

JEANNIE BERG LEA BOWMAN KAIT BOYER OWEN BROWN LYNN COATES MOLLY CUMMINGS SHARANYA DEB JUDY DENNIS ROXANNE DiFRANCESCO SAM DiFRANCESCO EILISH DONNELLY SUSAN DYER ÉLIZE EARWICKER DARCY ELLISON WENDY FRASER KOTE GALANIS HANNAH GILCHRIST JANE HANNA GAIL HEWITT ANN HILL DAVE HUNTER ANNE JACKSON SHARON JEAN

ANDY LOUTER

Maintenance Crew

CHRISTIAN SHUGAN TYLER LEYLAND

PAUL RODGERS

SARAH FABIANI

Senior Software Manager

Senior Manager, Group and On-site Sales WES BROWN

JUDE JONES CHASE CRAWFORD TOM KUBOW ERIKA LOFFELMANN IMANT MALINS MICHAEL THOMSON

Software Developer

Retail Manager, Retail Sales and Shaw Express

Network Administrator

Staff

VIKTOR STREMLER TOMMY YANG

JOHN CHRISTIAN

Security Administrator TONY RICHES

Reception Supervisor

LEEANNE PRICE

Database-Maintenance Receptionists MAUREEN BUTLER ANNE JACKSON GAIL KERR

MATT WEAVER

MARCUS ANDREWS SAMARA BALL GENY COLICCHIO-QUINN MARK FRIESEN TESSA GROOMBRIDGE DANA PERESSOTTI CHELSEA TOTTEN OLIVIA TRIVIERI

Special Ticketing Senior Manager

ALLISON COCHRAN

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND SALES Director

Assistant Co-ordinator

Senior Marketing and Brand Manager

Assistant

VALERIE TAYLOR

JANE McINTYRE

Group Sales and Special Ticketing Assistant VICKI BRADLEY JULIE JONES

MARY CLARE LAMON

Direct Marketing Co-ordinator

House Programmes

Graphic Designer

Artistic Director Emeriti

CATHERINE TAIT CHRISTINE MORRIS

Creative Agency

KEY GORDON

PUNCH & JUDY INC JACKIE MAXWELL

DONORS

AS OF MARCH 2024

+ BOARD ALUMNI

++ BOARD MEMBER

* SHAW COMPANY/ ENSEMBLE MEMBER

We salute all of the generous donors who help us to create great theatre!

Cumulative Giving Cumulative donations and pledges of $250,000 or more. $1 MILLION+ The 1916 Foundation • Anonymous Buffalo Donors • Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie • Estate of

Mona M. Campbell • Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ • Estate of Valerie Delacorte, Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund • Richard++ & Darleen Falconer • Val Fleming+ • Nona Macdonald Heaslip+ • Colleen++ & Brian Johnston • James & Diane++ King • Richard McCoy+ • The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation • The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation • Tim++ & Frances++ Price • The Slaight Family Foundation • The Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs Family Foundation • Carol Walker & Estate of John Greenhill Walker • 1 anonymous gift $750,000+ Carol & David+ Appel • Charles Balbach++ • Estate of Walter Carsen • The John R. Oishei

Foundation • Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle • William++ & Meredith Saunderson • Shaw Festival Guild

$500,000+ Estate of Bram & Bluma Appel • James F. Brown++ • James A. Burton & Family Foundation •

Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ • Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ • Cullen Foundation • Mary E. Hill++ • Rennie & Bill+ Humphries • Nancy & John McFadyen • George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation • Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation • Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice • Estate of Ada W. Slaight+ • The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation • 2 anonymous gifts $250,000+ Gail+ & Mark Appel • Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay • Patricia & Barrie Barootes • Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse • Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman • Estate of Cairine Caldwell • DeRoy Testamentary Foundation • Donner Canadian Foundation • Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ • David & Amy Fulton • Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman • Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham • Mike Grey • Corinne Hansen • The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation • Estate of Lawrence Hodgett • Humeniuk Foundation • Mr Richard M. Ivey • Don+ & Gundy+ Jackson • Chris & Jeanne Jennings • Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph • Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski • The Henry White Kinnear Foundation • Michael & Sonja+ Koerner • Cynthia & Malcolm+ Macdonald • The McLean Foundation • Bernard Ostry+, OC • Barbara Palk+ & John Warwick+ • Peter M. Partridge • Esther Sarick • Allan Slaight+ • Nancy Smith++ • Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb • Dorothy Strelsin Foundation • Estate of Douglas Elton Tallon • Philip Terranova & Audrey Allen • Liz Tory+ • Jim++ & Michal+ Wadsworth (Carlos & Elizabeth Heath Foundation, Mulroy Family Foundation, Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation) • Colin+ & Barbara+ Watson • 2 anonymous gifts

We also recognize the following corporations for their cumulative donations. $1 MILLION+ Bell Canada • BMO Financial Group • Canada Life • CIBC • Honda Canada Inc • HSBC • RBC • Scotiabank • Sun Life Financial • TD Bank Group • Vintage Hotels

ENDOWMENT & ESTATE GIFTS Contributions made over the last 13 months.

Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie, Baillie Family Fund for Education • Estate of Dr Henderson Scott & Cairine Caldwell • Fiera Capital Corporation • Estate of Norma Sinclair Hintz • Estate of Lawrence George Hodgett • Macdonald Family, Macdonald Family Fund • Paul Madeley, in loving memory of Gayle Stokes • Joanna Manning, in loving memory of Gary Manning • Estate of Margaret McKelvey • Mary I. McLeod • H & R Mida Charitable Foundation • Robert Ohlerking, in memory of Christopher Li Greci • In memory of Edna Powers • Joy Rogers, in loving memory of Jack Hahn • RP Investment Advisors • The Slaight Family Foundation • Dorothy Strelsin Foundation • Estate of Douglas Elton Tallon • Estate of Cynthia D. Trainor • Michael & Anne Tyler Fund through the Victoria Foundation • 2 anonymous gifts

Annual Donors Gifts in support of annual operations and special projects made over the last 13 months.

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS $250,000+ VISIONARIES James A. Burton & Family Foundation • The Slaight Family Foundation • 1 anony-

mous gift

$100,000+ DIRECTORS CIRCLE Marilyn ++ & Charles ++ Baillie • Patricia & Barrie Barootes • David & Amy Fulton • Colleen ++ & Brian Johnston • Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund • Dorothy Strelsin Foundation - Corinne Nemy • 1 anonymous gift $50,000+ ARTISTS CIRCLE Gail+ & Mark Appel • Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse • Nathan & Marilyn Hayward • Nona Madconald Heaslip + & The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation • Mary E. Hill++ • Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde • Chris & Jeanne Jennings • Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski • James & Diane++ King • Mona+ & Harvey Levenstein • Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle • Joy Rogers, in loving memory of Jack Hahn • Philip Terranova & Audrey Allen

$25,000+ PRODUCERS CIRCLE Richard & Mona Alonzo • Carol & David+ Appel • Robert & Mary Pat

Armstrong • Charles Balbach++ • Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ • Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ • John+ & Lynn+ Clappison • Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ • Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman • Roe Green • Jacob & Inge Iliohan • Richard McCoy+ • The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation • Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice • William++ & Meredith Saunderson • Sylvia Soyka • The Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs Family Foundation • Barbara Watson+ • Jaime Watt++ & Paul Ferguson • 2 anonymous gifts

GOVERNORS COUNCIL DRESS CIRCLE ($15,000+) Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman • Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ • William Chapman • Robert & Karen Christmann • Bill & Barbara Etherington • Lauren & Vaughn Goettler – Goettler Family Foundation • Mike Grey • Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt • Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph • Kristian+ & Anita Knibutat • Janet Lamb • R. Susan MacIntyre • Petrina & Peter++ Nesbitt • Marilyn Pilkington & Wayne Shaw • Dr Reza Rastegar, Elissa Rastegar & Mrs Sheryl Armstrong Rastegar • J+ & L Rogers Charitable Foundation • In loving memory of Pam Rowcliffe • Esther Sarick • Ann Savege • Nancy Smith++ • Ken Stowe & Nita Farmer • M & N Walker Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation • 1 anonymous gift FOUNDERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Hy & Phyllis Ackerman • Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin • Peggy Bell,

in loving memory of Ken Bell • Lee & Barbara Bentley • Jim Bertram & Bonnie Foster • James F. Brown++ • Tim Carroll*++ & Alexis Milligan* • William Charnetski & Kerry Stewart • Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis • Mark Curry, in loving memory of Ann • Patricia G. Debrusk • Elizabeth S. Dipchand++ & Gregory Prekupec • Mr James Duhaime & Dr Heather Hannah • Richard++ & Darleen Falconer • Wayne & Isabel Fox • Marlene & Darryl Fry • Dr Bob Gaines & Toni Burke • John & Judith Grant • Lyle Hall++ • Dr Pamela Hopper • Paul & Valerie Kirkconnell • Betty & Jamie Knight • Janet & Sidney Lindsay • Nancy & John McFadyen • Janet+ & Bruce McKelvey • Dr Donna McRitchie & Dr Shaf Keshavjee • Gregory Prince++ & Erin O’Brien • Judy Goetz Sanger+ • Frank & Susan Saraka • Linda Sauro • Sabine & Jochen Schleese • Elizabeth Stirling & Tom Millward • Marc St-Onge++ & Kellie Saunders • Jim++ & Michal+ Wadsworth • Carol Walker • Jeanne & William Watson • 2 anonymous gifts

BENEFACTOR ($6000+) Susan Addario & David Farrar • Ruth Aspinall, in loving memory of Scott Aspinall • Carroll & Ted Baker • Peter & Marilyn Balan • Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay • Laurie Barrett & Martin Block • David & Faith Bell • Nani & Austin Beutel • Colin & Sandy Black • Doug & Valerie Brenneman • Edward & Caryn Chatten • John Cleghorn+, in loving memory of Pattie • John & Debi Coburn • Michael+ & Honor de Pencier • Marilyn Dickinson • Vivien Dzau+ & Daniel MacIntosh • Carol & Burke Fossee • Robert C. Gibson • Steve Goldberger & Dorothy S. Karr • Mike & Cindy Hansen • Laurie+ & Douglas Harley • Sally Harmer, in memory of Jack Harmer • Ann Holcomb & Rene Bertschi • Kathy Inch • Oliver Jakob & Bettina Buss++ • Lori Labatt • Mrs Susan Lee • Larry Lubin • Robert+ & Margaret MacLellan • Sharmini Mahadevan & Diana Dimmer • Leo Maloney, in loving memory of Dennis Thomson • Anthony B. & Mary++ S. Martino • John & Marg Mather • Sandra & Dennis McCarthy • David & Agatha Moll Charitable Fund • Noel D. Mowat • Karen Munninghoff, in loving memory of Paul Munninghoff • Bill & Lee Nelson • Gary Pottruff & Maire Verschurren • Margaret & Joseph Reynolds • Sam & Robin++ Ridesic • Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ • Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb • Gerald & Margaret Sutton • Jack Watkins & Erin English • Stefa & Les Williams • Ron & Kay Woodfine - Just Christmas • 4 anonymous gifts LEADING PATRON ($3500+) Julie Allen-Sargent* & Stuart Sargent • Robert C. Anderson • Kathleen & Richard Aregood • Ed & Connie Babcock • Melissa Balbach & John Bace • Ms Heather Bacon • John & Claudine Bailey • Aubrey+ & Marsha Baillie • James Baillie & Elizabeth Kocmur • Barberian Steak House Family • Brian & Jenifer Bassil • Roland H. & Mary Bauer • Michel & Doreen Bell • Mrs Amanda Binnie • Blake & Heyerdahl • Michael & Kate Bradie • Mary & Tony Brebner • Debra Breuer & Douglas Goodman • Arlene+ & Rob Carson • Karen Chapman • Karen Cheah • Jeffrey Chessum • Jean & Joe Chorostecki • Roger & Susan Christensen • Hazel Claxton+ & Jude Robinson • Bud Coffey, in loving memory of Richard Gallagan • Gary+ & Cathy Comerford • Marion Cross • Patrick J. Devine • Ken & Ginny Douglas • Paula & Thomas Elsinghorst • Mario Ferrara & Annabel Kennedy • Andy Filardo & Beth Profit • Russell C. & Carol N. Finch • James R. Fleck & Dr Sandra Zakarow • Donald & Cathy Fogel • Kenneth++ & Amy Friedman • Marian Galligan • Paul & Helen Gareau • Nancy & Graham Garton • Dianne Gibbs* • Robert H. Gibson • Fred & Charleen Gorbet • Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham • In memory of Charles J. (Jack) Hahn: Perelandra Fund • Rob Haines, UE • Doris Hausser • Pamela++ & Robert Heilman • Yolanda & Mike Henry • Lauri & Jean Hiivala • James Hinds • Timothy & Pamela Hines • April & Norbert Hoeller • Douglas+ & Colleen Hunter • Ms Dawn Joki • David & Joanne Jones • Ellen & Nick Kammer • Jay & Marni Kell • Ed+ & Ann King • Dr George & Carolyn Kotlewski • Barry Kropf • Jane E. Laird • Andy Lam • Joanne Lang • Nancy Lockhart & The Murray Frum Foundation • Ann & John Lorenc • Virginia Lovelace & Jonathan Taylor • Wendy Luce, in loving memory of Dr John T. Luce • Jefferson & Sally Mappin • Dennis & Bernadette Martin • Gail Martin & John Kaloyanides • Alan McAdams & Ellen Dykes • Robert McGavin & Kerry Adams • Donald McGerrigle & Christina Brouillette • Andrea & Endre Tibor Mecs • Cindy* & Derek Mewhinney • Michael++ & Katie++ Militello • Peter Milne • Edward & Judith Mortl • Linda Murray • Susan Murray, in memory of John Butler • Janet A. Newey • Pamela

& Richard Nowina • Larry Oakes • Richard & Nadine Osborn • David Pakrul & Sandra Onufryk • George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth • Peter Partridge & Poppy Gilliam • Peter & Paraskeve Petrakis • Carole & Paul Pizzolante, ON • Tom & Mary Powers • Joyce & Roy*++ Reeves • Rick & Pegi Reininger • Samiha++ & Aseer Sachedina • Mr Glen Salzman • Derwyn Sangster • Edward++ & Elizabeth++ Simmons • Wendy & Wayne Smith • Mr++ & Mrs Scott Snow • Dr Diane M. Soubly • Martha Spears • Mrs H. Stairs+ & Mr E. Mooney • Renee Stein, in memory of Mel Stein • AJ & Nancy Stokes • Lois Tatelman • Lynda & Stephen Tepperman • Jacques Thibault & Ruth M. Gover • Gail & Doug Todgham • Liz Tory+ • Ms Karen Tribble • Mark & Bettie Tullis • Greg Virelli & Mario Vecchi • Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann • Jack Walsh • Gregg+ & Joan Watkins • Thomas & Sasha Weisz • Garry & Shirley West • Bruce++ & Susan Winter • Brenda Wivell • 6 anonymous gifts PATRON ($2000+) Bob & Dorothy Aaron • Mr Doug & Dr Lavonne Adams • Philip Akin++ • Jerome Andersen & June Hajjar • Mr Ronald R. Andersen • David Antscherl & Carol Lewis • Sherri & William Appell • Callie Archer • Diane Arsenault & Gwyer Moore • Barb & Terry Babij • Bob & Irene Bader • Graham Bailey • Richard J. Balfour • Gerry & Elizabeth Baranecki • Michael Barnstijn & Louise MacCallum • Robert & Loretta Barone • Paul & Sue Baston • Ruthanne Beighley • Robert Berckmans & Joanne Heritz • Dr David H. Bergen & Deborah Kehler • Greg+ & Karen Berti • Lynn Bevan • Amina & Aziz Bhaloo • Stacey Lynn Bilotta • John & Isabella Bisanti • Steve & Helen Bittner • Ellen & Murray Blankstein • Ronald James Boone • Balfour Bowen Family Foundation • David P. Boyd • Ann-Louise Branscombe Fund at Niagara Community Foundation • Chris Brown & Catherine Philbrook • Reny Burrows • The Paul Butler & Chris Black Foundation at Toronto Foundation • Dr & Mrs+ John L. Butsch • Mark Callan* & Marion Rawson* • Ms Judith Callender & Dr Thomas Pekar • Douglas & Maureen Cameron • Robin Cardozo & Jeff Richardson • Ellen & Brian Carr • Doreen & Terry Carroll • Greg Case • Mark Chason & Mariana Botero Chason • Briana Chen • Rosemary Chew • Gerry & Carol Chrisman • Robert & Margaret Cole • Janice Coles • Glenna & Derek Collins • Harry M. Core • Dr George Corella & James Frackenpohl • Katherine Robb Corlett • Catherine Cornell & Declan Lane • Dr Lesley S. Corrin • Cathy & Paul Cotton • Kim Cranfield • John & Libby Crossingham • Mr & Mrs Bill Crothers • Judith Bowden* & Jeff Cummings* • Gordon & Patti Cunningham • Professor K.G. Davey • Barry Davidson, MD • David & Linda Dayler • George & Kathy Dembroski • Amanda Demers & Brian Collins • James & Mary Frances Derby • Mrs Margot Devlin • Mr Michael Disney • Dr Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy Dodson • Britt & Nancy Doherty • Vicky Downes • Reed Drews & Lisa Iezzoni • Robert Dunigan & Robert McDonald • Peter & Suzanne Durant • Alan & Susan* Dyer • Steven Endicott • Sarah* & Tom Fabiani • Mrs Margaret Fairman • Tina Filoromo • Don Finlayson* • Mr David Flora • Gary & Val Foerster • Ms Gina Foster • Robert & Julia+ Foster • Ron & Linda Fritz • Richard Furnstahl & Teresa Stankiewicz • Rev Ivars Gaide & Rev Dr Anita Gaide • Angeline Galotta • John & Therese Gardner • John Geller • Hope & Libby Gibson • Caroline Gill & David Jackson • Penny Gill & Chris Pibus • Susan Ginsberg • Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson • Laurie Hoffman Goetz & Wendelin Goetz • Judith & A.C. Goodson • Naomi Gordon • A. Gorodezky & S. Curtis • Jan & Kathy Goulding • Gouvernet Arts Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation • David & Sharon Graper • C.S. Greiner • Richard & Lorraine Gretsinger • Art Grierson • F. Gruehl • Dan Hagler & Family • Annette Hamm & Daniel Smith • Carol Hansell • Katharin Ramelle Harkins • Donald Harrington • Shira Hart • Roberta Heath • Suzanne Hébert+ • Judith & David Hecker • Mary & Arthur Heinmaa • Marion & Ren Henderson • Dr Dianne Heritz • Mary Ellen Herman • Anne T. & Thomas C. Hilbert • Marion F. Hill • Mary E. Hofstetter & R. David Riggs • Martin & Maria Hoke • Dr Steven Millward & Mary L. Holley • Richard & Susan Horner • Oleh Hrycko • John J. & Maureen O. Hurley • Roberta Jacobs-Meadway & Jay Meadway • Elliott Jacobson & Judy Malkin • Mr Kent James • Mr Paul Jensen & Ms Julie Harrington • Catherine Jevons & Lionel Gadoury • Tim++ & Lisa Johnson • Dr David & Glenda Jones • Jeffrey & Jessica Kahn • Catherine & Dan Kaloutsky • Joel Keenleyside & Paula Donahue • Prof Joseph Kelly, Esq • Sylvia Kennedy • David Ker & Vivienne Salamon • Johanna Killam • Peter & Elke Kluge Family Foundation • Ms Patricia Knipe • David & Sarena Koschitzky • Kelly & Bryce Kraeker • Ms Janet Kramer • Mr & Mrs Charles F. Kreiner Jr • Thomas & Kathy Kuhl • Helen H.S. Lam & Joseph A. Lloret • David Lane & Grayson Sless • Rai Lauge & Jo Holden • Victor C. Laughlin, MD Memorial Foundation Trust • Elizabeth Lewis & Thomas Saunders • Richard & Lynne Liptrap • Ronald H. Luczak++ • Christine Macdonald • Cynthia Macdonald • Terry+ & Terry Mactaggart • Paul Madeley, in loving memory of Gayle Stokes • Rita & Charles Maimbourg • Susan & Todd Makler • Dr & Mrs Mario Malizia • M. & M. Marques • Ms Eileen Martin & Dr Hugh Gayler • Fred W. Martin • Marlene Masales & Victor Ramanauskas • Lynn Masaro • Laura Mason • Elaine Mayo • Robert McChlery & Lorne Swan • Dr & Mrs James W. McClellan • Ms Marcia McClung & Franklyn J. Griffiths • Robert McClure • Ross & Fran McElroy • Heather L. McKee • Scott McKowen* & Christina Poddubiuk* • Daina & Heinz Meusel • Dr Lisa Mikitch • Mr Jonathan A. Millen • Alan & Patricia Mills • Valerie & Jim Milostan • Florence Minz • Mary Mizen++ & Chris Booth • Mogford Campbell Family Foundation • Gary & Linda Molinaro • Elizabeth Molson, in memory of Gerda Molson • Alex & Abby Moore • Alfred & Nancy+ Mouget • Mr Thomas & Mrs Marceline Mudie • John Murphy & Joyce Macredie • Ms Nancy Murray • Ms Deborah Nathan • Peter & Laurie Nixon • Noble Caplan Abrams • Wanda & Jim Novinger • J. Orange & F. Clayton • Ian Orchard & Angela Lange • Jonathan F. Orser • Charles H. Owens* • Anne & Don Palmer • Brian & Paddy Parr, honorary members • Victor & Esther Peters • Martin & Denise Pick • Percy Pierre • Polk Family Charitable Trust • John & Norine Prim • The Racioppo Family Foundation • Pinky+ & Bill Regan • Carol Reid+ • Chick Reid* & Tom McCamus* • Terry & Barbara Reideler • Margaret Rieger • Heather & David Ring • Shirley E. Roberts • Mr Paul Rogers • Dr Lynn Rosen & Bradley C. Rosen •

Tuula & John Ross • Rubens Family Foundation • Lori Russell & David Banks • Marti & Bob Sachs • David & Dinah Sanderson • Robert & Marlene Savlov • Mr & Mrs John Sayers • Terry Schoenick & Debra Reger • Mr & Mrs Michael S. Schwenger • Doug & Cheryl Seaver • Linda Seppanen • Beverly & Gerry Shea • Allan Sherwin • Mrs Carolyn Sibbick • Maureen Simpson & Almos Tassonyi • Sara & Michelle Sirkin • Matthew & Pam Skinner • Barbara A. Smith • A. Britton Smith • Dr Kevin Smith & Marian Lips Fund • William & Linda Smith • Dr & Mrs Robert J. Sokol • Victor & Anne Solomatenko • Robert D. Sommerville • Bob & Linda Sommerville • Dennis Souder & Deborah Bannerman • Dr Graham Spanier • Stephen & Monica Spaulding • Susan & Ron Starkman • Mr Lawrence+ & Mrs Pamela Stevenson • Anita Stoll & Pete Clapham • Styles Family Foundation • David Sutherland, in loving memory of Susan Sutherland • Keith Sutherland • Doug & Lynda Swackhamer • Rosalie Tansey • Wuchien Michael Than • Gordon & Annette Thiessen • Brian & Christine Thorne • In memory of Dr John Treilhard, Dr Lynne Thurling • Marilyn & Geoff Trout • Mrs Nicole Tzetzo ++ • Gary & Marie Van Graafeiland • Mr & Mrs Alan+ & Diane Walker • Joan & Jean Waricha • Carolyn J. Warner • Lynne & Dean Weber • June & David Weind • Lyman & Deana Welch • Harriet 'Sis' Bunting Weld+ • Alan & Leia Wheable • Mark & Marilyn Wheaton • John C. Williams • Mark Wilton • The Honourable & Mrs Theo Wolder • Bob & Joan Wright • Walter & Marie Zelasko • Donald Ziraldo+ • Carole Zucker Family Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto • 10 anonymous gifts

FRIENDS PREMIER ($1000+) Andy & Karen Abrams • M. Ackerman • Trish Anthony & Kathryn O'Grady • Catherine

Arnott & Brian Jones • Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD & Michael Paterson • John & Eleanor Ball • Jack & Lisa Baron • S. Basmajian & K.J. Conway • Don Beddage • Ms Abigail Bennett • Sylvia Bennett++ • Timothy & Susan Benning • Diane F. Berlinski • Mr Edward Bickford • Roy & Ronna Birnboim • Dr Diana Blank • Ms Christine Bloch • Johnny & Lina Blue • Katharine Bocking • Joan & Larry Bourk • Paul F. Brett • Brian & Jenny Brown • Desi Brownstone & Kandice McKee • Chris Bucko & Eva Wu • Heather Caloren • Francesco & Betty Catanzariti • Ms Yvonne Causer & David Bell • Bill & Sheila Childs • Ellen & Michael Chirco • Henry & Jeanne Ciok • Mark Cipra & Ann Fairhurst • Dr John R. Cole • Mrs Claire Conway • Constance & Ron Corrigan • Jim Cressman • Dr Roger I. Dacre • Ralph Darr • Mrs Marilyn & Mr Philip Davis • Christine Dear • Ms Sophie Dennis • John & Rita Densley • Nicholas & Susan Dietrich • Dr & Mrs Richard Farr Dietrich • Andrew W. Dorn • J. Driskill & L. Bryant • K.A. Durie • Mary & Frank Eberl • Victor Eiser • Eleanor L. Ellins • Tom & Kim Elltoft • Paul Epner & Janet Gans-Epner • Bonita Eros & Craig McMullen • W J Clyde Ervine • Mr & Mrs Sheldon & Bev Fainer • Sarah M. Fallon & John R. Fudyma • James Farquharson • Timothy J Finnell • Trevor & Sandra Francis • Carole E. Fritz • Mr Randal Froebelius • Currie & Judy Gardner • Mr Jack Geuzebroek • Virginia Gilbert • Sharon & Ian Gillespie • Marie Gillespie • Lesley Rigg & David Goldblum • Lyn Goldman • Mary Greco • Alan Green • John D. Ground • Joanne & John Guoba • Mr I.S. Haberman • Joanne Hall • Alton B. Harris & Andrea S. Kramer • Glynis A. Henry • Lawrence & Beatrice Herman • Wendi & Murray Hiebert • Penny Hommel & Jim Bergman • George & Mac Hoover • Bill Horbett Sr • Dr & Mrs C.E.M. Horning • Mary Ellen Hoy & James Keller • Robin & Charlotte Hoy • Ms Kathryn Hughes • Roger Hughes & Susan Peacock • James Hunker & Janice Remai • Dr Judy Hunter • Dr Jann Istead • Leslie Jackson • Joan & William Jaynes • Mrs Erin Jennings • Christine & George Joyce • Richard & Gretchen Kane • Dagmar Kanzler & David Ross • Brent & Marilyn Kelman • Linda Kenny & Ralph Eades • Kyle Kerr • Cecilia Kloecker • Ms Roma Kozak • David & Donna Lailey • Kevin Lamotte* & Cynthia Kamin • Bonnie Lamourie & Ronald Newman • Teresa Lasiuk & Mike Carruthers • Charles & Jennifer Lawson • Esther Lee • Francois Letaconnoux • Dr Harlan L. Lewis & Doris F. Wittenburg • Susan & Rebekah Little • Ms Susan MacDonald • John Brian MacIntyre • Dr Stuart MacLeod • Mrs Heather MacNeil • James & Virginia Mainprize • Ms Lillian Martingano • Sue & Biff Matthews • Nancy May • Margaret Matyus & Sean Foley • Jim McArthur • Dr & Mrs David M. McConnell, Jr • Jim McDonald & Michelle Arsenault • I. McDorman • Ms Adrienne McLennan • Col & Mrs Cathi Mietkiewicz • Mr Stephen Miller • Kelly & Sally Monaghan • Frederick W. & Linda K. Moncrief • Patricia Monger & Ralph Pudritz • Bryan & Darlene Mooney • Patricia Morgan • John A. Morrison • Richard & Mary Ann Morse • Karen & Peter Mount • Art & Carol Marie Nadelle • Robert & Patricia Neill • W.G. Nicholls • George Oleske & Carol Duncan • Emile Oliana & Alvin Iu • Ms Jennifer Palabay* • Pauline Petek • Robert & Emily Pfohl • Jim Pianosi • Mr Robert W. Plyler • Ms Krista Prong • Ms Carolyn Ramos • Ms Dyanne Ratner • Mr & Mrs John Rennie • Dr Lyn Robinson • William & Seonaid Ross • Nancy Rubenstein & Ruth Wahlstrom • Susan & Peter Salomonsson • Bill & Kathy Sanford • Catharine Saxberg • John Schambach • Jan Schmitt • Michael & Sandra Sexton • Heather Sheehan • Kenneth G. Shelley • William M. Short • Ivor & Renee Simmons • Jim & Nancy Sissons • Christina Skublics • Bryan Smale & Sherry Dupuis • Judy Snyder • Phil Spencer • Paul Sportelli* • Mary & George Stark • William & Karen Streck • Ann & Ross Stuart • Mr Jonathan Tan* • Jacquelynne L. Tarves • Ms Jane Taylor • Jan & Ken Thompson • Catharina Tocchio • Dr M.J. Toswell • Mrs. Donna Townsend • Judith Trotter-Field & Richard Field • Douglas & Jennifer Tufts • Mary Usher-Jones • Miss Kathleen Weber • Philip & Kimberley* White • James Wilson • Ms Jane Wilson • Robert & Dana Wilson • Vida Winegarden • Julian & Nandita Wise • Mr & Mrs Doug Woods • John & Leslie Wright • Morden S. Yolles • William Young • Mary V Zimmerman • 14 anonymous gifts

SUSTAINING ($600+) Susan Aihoshi • Matthew & Phyllis Airhart Fund at Toronto Foundation • Marilyn & Joseph Allevato • D. Altman & J. Skinner • Audrey Amo & Alan Bowers • Alan Anderson • Kay & David Anderson • Sue Anderson • Nancy Brown Andison & Mike Andison • Laurie & Michael Andrews • David & Jan Angus • Dr Charles & Mrs Susanne Armitage • Tony Aspler • Kent & Wendy Banting • Marilyn Bardeau • Ms Pippa Barwell* • Fred & Karen Beattie • Steve Beatty-Front Row Insurance Brokers • Thomas & Linda Beran • Mrs Grazyna Bergman & Mr Douglas Kiefer • Michael Berlis & Ellen Cheslock • Albert & Lynne Bishop • Steven & Allison Blakey • Rory Bolger & Helene Rottenberg • Barry Bolton • Ms Kimberley Bolton • Lucy & Jim Bondy • Arlene Book • Dr & Mrs Gerald & Sandra Boswell • Mary Bright • Dena Broeders & David Hunter • Ms Barbara Brown • Mr Dan Brown • Mrs Heidi Brown • Ms Katherine Buchanan • Bill & Sharon Burns • Mrs Jane Calver • Mr Frank Carere • Graham Carpenter • Brian Carr & Kathryn Elliott • Dr Bruce Case • Dean & Mary Jane Chamberlain • Robert Chapla • Sandra Chodarcewicz • Andrew J. Cleland • Mr & Mrs James Clemens • Close Shavians • Rod & Mary Coates • Kenneth Copland • Mr & Mrs M.G. Corbett • John & Hiedi Cox • Ms Susan N Crisp • Mike & Heather Cross • Joyce Czaban • Bob & Diane Czarnik • Mr Leonard A. Davis • M Davidovic • George & Kathleen Davie • Kathryn Derby & Robert Sexsmith • Marie Desjardins • Sheila & James Drury • Ms Marjorie Dumbrell • Mr Michael Durman • Tom & Judy Dwyer • Carl S. Ehrlich & Michal Shekel • Karen Elting • Mrs Evelyn Ernest • Robert W. Esler & Silvia Marcus • Susan Dalgetty Ezra & David Don Ezra • Robert & Ruthann Fagan • Livio Farallo • Mr Greg Fedoryn & Mrs Susan Henry • Mr David Feeny • Marwin Feldman • Mr Daniel H. Ferrier & Mr Ronald Northrup • Mary Thomas • Barbara Fingerote • Graham & Silke Flint • Linda & Ken Foxcroft • Frank & Cynthia Franklin • Mr Wayne D. Gale • Courtney & Gerard Garneau • Bente & Tom Garner • Holde Gerlach • Allen & Maida Gerskup • Thomas M. Gervasi • Marcia & Bernie Glick • John & Susan Goddard • Dorothy Graham • Ms Cindy Grant • Brian & Lenore Greaves • Marcia & Michael Grimes • Vance & Virginia Gudmundsen • Ms Marjorie Gunther • Joan Haberman • Tanis Hall • Peter Hall • Virginia Hamill • William Hammond • David Harding • Eric Harper & Tina Kaye • Phil & Dolores Haverstick • Helen Hawkins • Nancy Hayden • Ms Linda Helson • Robert & Jo Henderson • Alison Hepburn • Tom Higgason • Bill & Rosette Hillgrove • Tom Hoadley & Cindy Lombardo • Beryl Holtam • Jim & Jean Horne • Art Huber & Janet Jeffrey • James Hughes • Mr Timothy R. Hulsey • David & Emily Hyde • Barbara G. Inglese • Linda Irenegreene • Barbara Jackel • Mr Mark D. Jacobs • Jean Jagendorf • Janet James • David & Leslie Jeanneret • Audrey Johnston • Rod Johnston • Keith Jones • Michael Jones • Scott & Beth Jorgensen • Richard Joyrich • George & Gail Julie • Michael Kaul • Ms Avril Kearney • Ms Patricia Kersey • Ms Inga Khan • Richard & Sally Kinsey • Mr John Kivlichan • Celia Knapp & William Cobb • Mr & Mrs I. Paul & O.M. Komarnicky • Terry Kratz • Lois Kurtz • Joy Lambert • Mr & Mrs B.J. Laws • Kirk Nairn Lawson • Bev & Ken Leiser • Craig & Abby Lewis • Mr Colin Lindsay • Cathy Lindsey • David & Diane Lisburn • Mrs & Mr Gillian & Bob Little • Ms Sonya Livingston • Rev Karl E. Loeb • Robert & Bonnie Logan • Mr Steve Lowden • Susan Lubick • Mary & Kenneth Lund • Edward Lupa • Beverly & Charles Lynde • Mr Arthur MacDonald • Mary MacDonell • Mrs & Mr Jacqueline & John MacInnes • Laurel MacKay-Lee • James & Gladys MacPherson • Kathy & David Maister • Mr Leor Margulies • Mrs Helen Markus • Ms Lynn Marshall • David & Diana Mason • Pauline Mateas, in memory of Lyle R. Nickle • Colin & Sharen Mayers • D. Ann McClure • Anne-Marie McLatchie • Mrs Suzanne McSheffrey • Mr Terry Melnyk • John & Erna Mewhinney • Bishop Daniel Miehm • Lynda & Jim Miller • Ms Dianne Milligan • John Mills Sr & Jill E Mills • Elliott & Elyse Milstein • Marg Misener • Alan Moffett • Dr James C. Moore • E. Morandi-Bonner • James & Mary Morgan • Arthur & Franca Moss • Dr Mary Ann Mountain • Marg & Gary Mousseau • Carol & Linda Muehlig, in memory of Gladys Muehlig • Lynn & Stephen Muench • Mrs Dawn D. Mullinger • Kim Mustill • Debbie Myers • Janet-Lee & George Nadas • Heidi Nadon • Jan Brydon & Howard Nadworny • Doug & Mary Neal • Nick & Jean Neumann • Karin Nitsch & James Rose • Mr Fergus ODonnell • Lynn & John O'Donnell • Michael & Laura O'Hara • Alek & Dyanne Oleszkowicz • Dr Elizabeth Oliver-Malone • Charles & Judy Overland • Nancy Kay Owens • Thomas & Susan Palmer • Bonnie & Dennis Parass • John Park & Sharon Tocher • Mrs Audrey Paton • D. Murray Paton • Mr & Mrs Frank Penny • Mr & Mrs Perkins • Mr Steven L. Peters • Lisa Rae Philpott • Mr & Mrs John G. Polzin • Larry & Karen Poulos • Jim & Bonnie Powell • Gaye-Ann & Les Pracsovics • John & Carol Price • Gerald & Veronica Punnett • Frances M. & Gary H. Quart • Robert J. Redhead • Judge Bonnie Reed & Stuart Schlossberg • A. Reeve & C. Rose • Laurie Reid • Owen Ricker • Keith & Susan Rivers • Dr & Mrs E. Lee Robbins • Mr Robert Robinson • Mary Anne Rokitka • Geoff Rowell • Edward & Nina Jane Roy • Lorraine & Manfred Rudolph • Neil Rudolph & Susan Cluff • Michael & Janet Ryval • Kathy & Roger Sabo • Rowena & Peter Samuel • Jan & Paul Sanderson • Susan L. Savage • Carl V. Schmult, Jr • John & Donna Schwartzburg • Jack & Carolyn Scott • Linda Seifert • Leo & Sheila Serio • Robert and Deborah Shakotko • Julie Shannon • Paula Shapiro • Mr & Mrs Peter Restivo • Ms Carolyn Sihler • Robert Simpson & Catherine Craig • Donald B. Smith • Mrs Gene Anne Smith • Doug & Noreen Sockett • Robert Spadoni • David & Trudy Spence • Myrna Stait-Gardner • Linda & Mark Steinman • Mr Robert Stitt • David & Beverley Stone • Barbara Stratton • Dr Alex Sunarich • James Sutherland • Donald Szydlo • Jan & Bob Tanouye • Joanna K. Taylor • Peter Taylor • Helen E. Tazzman • Alan Tenenhouse • Dr Eva Tlusty • The Toby Family • Mary Toll & William Heimann • Martha Tory • Nanci Turk • Lori L. & John R. Twombly • Larry & Joan Urbanoski • Fay & Garry Vanden Beukel • Dr Nancy J. Vivian • Vito Volterra • Helen Vosu & Donald Milner • Nick & Marg Walker • Wendy Ward • Lisa Wascovich & Marie Ivkanec • Ms Lynn Weiner • Lawrence Weis & Dr Kathi McCarroll • Shan & Ivor Wharf • Alden & Susan White • Rasa & Neil Wilkinson • Mr Brian Williams • Ione S. Williams • Larry Willis & Robyn Ellis • Rev Mark J. Wolski • Eve Wylie • Bill & Claudia Zehe • 33 anonymous gifts

ENDOWMENT The Shaw’s Endowment Fund totals more than $36.5 million and provides this Festival with a portion of the net income earned each year – a vital and reliable source of revenue. The Shaw’s Endowment has grown thanks to the following generous donors and their Funds which support a diverse range of initiatives and programs: Bram & Bluma Appel, Bram & Bluma Appel Playwright in Residence Fund • Carol & David+ Appel, Carol & David Appel Play Development Fund • Estate of Lillian M. Aylesworth, Robert & Lillian Aylesworth Endowed Academy Fund • Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie, Christopher Newton Interns Fund & Baillie Family Fund for Education • Charles Balbach++, Gardens & Beautification Fund • James F. Brown++, Debra J. Graham & James F. Brown Fund • Walter Carsen+, O.C., Rose Fund • John Cronyn, John Cronyn Fund • Margaret & Jim Fleck, Paul D. Fleck Fund • Doralee & Lawrence Garfinkel, David Garfinkel Memorial Fund • George Weston Ltd, Director's Project Fund • Corinne Hansen, Ali & Corinne Hansen Fund • Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre Fund • Ivey Foundation, Academy Professional Endowment Fund • Beryl Ivey & Richard M. Ivey, Academy Professional Endowment Fund • Don & Gundy+ Jackson, Gundy Jackson Fund • Diane++ & James King, Shaw Festival Travel Fund • Ed+ & Ann King, Ed & Ann King Wardrobe Endowment Fund • Macdonald Family, Macdonald Family Fund • H & R Mida Charitable Foundation, H & R Mida Fund • Michael+ & Katie Militello, Katie & Michael Militello Endowed Fund • Tim++ & Frances++ Price, Tim & Frances Price Risk Fund • Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle, Andy Pringle Creative Reserve Fund • Calvin G. Rand+, Calvin Rand Fund • William++ & Meredith Saunderson, William & Meredith Saunderson Acting Apprentice Program Fund • Shaw Festival Guild, Shaw Guild Endowed Fund • The Slaight Family Foundation, The Slaight Family Academy Endowed Fund • Allan Slaight+ & Standard Broadcasting, The Newton Awards • Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs, Donald & Elaine Triggs Technology Endowment Fund • Michael & Anne Tyler, Michael & Anne Tyler Fund for the Academy through the Victoria Foundation • 1 anonymous gift In addition, we would like to thank the following who have generously contributed $25,000 or more to the Shaw Festival Endowment Fund and/or Restricted Funds through the Shaw Festival Endowment Foundation.

Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse • J.P. Bickell Foundation • John & Nancy Bligh • Estate of Ruth Bolt • Shauneen+ & Michael Bruder • Estate of Penelope Carter • Gary+ & Cathy Comerford • Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ • Anthony & Shari Fell • Art & Val+ Fleming • David & Amy Fulton • Brenda Gibson • Estate of Lawrence George Hodgett • Rennie & Bill+ Humphries • Estate of Dr Mary Beth Jennings • Lewfam Foundation • Manulife Financial • Estate of John Mappin • Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation • Norman & Marian Robertson Charitable Foundation • Estate of Angela Roland • Gary & Donna Slaight • Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb • Estate of Helen Allen Stacey • Uplands Charitable Foundation • Walker Industries Holdings Limited • Carol Walker & Estate of John Greenhill Walker • Estate of Paul Warun • Barbara+ & Colin+ Watson • Bruce++ & Susan Winter • 2 anonymous gifts With the participation of the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

DIRECTED & RESTRICTED FUND GIFTS INDIVIDUAL GIFTS ($1000+) The 1916 Foundation • Philip Akin++ • Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie • Charles

Balbach++ • Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay • Peggy Bell, in memory of Ken Bell • Sylvia Bennett++ • Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman • Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ • Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ • DeRoy Testamentary Foundation • Elizabeth S. Dipchand++ & Gregory Prekupec • Vivien Dzau+ & Daniel MacIntosh • Richard++ & Darleen Falconer • Kenneth++ & Amy Friedman • Wendy++ & Bruce+++ Gitelman • Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham • Lyle Hall++ • The William & Nona+ Heaslip Foundation • Mary E. Hill++ • Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde • Tim++ & Lisa Johnson • Colleen++ & Brian Johnston • Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph • James & Diane++ King • Ronald H. Luczak++ • Paul Madeley, in loving memory of Gayle Stokes • Richard McCoy+ • The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation • Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund • Marilyn Pilkington+ & Wayne Shaw • Tim++ & Frances++ Price • Gregory Prince++ & Erin O’Brien • Joseph & Jeltje Reid • Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice • Sam & Robin++ Ridesic • Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ • J+ & L Rogers Charitable Foundation • Samiha++ & Aseer Sachedina • Ann Savege • Edward++ & Elizabeth++ Simmons • Nancy Smith++ • The Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs Family Foundation • Barbara Watson+, in memory of Colin Watson+ • Jaime Watt++ & Paul Ferguson • Bruce++ & Susan Winter • 3 anonymous gifts SPECIAL APPEAL ($600+)

Gifts to our Special Appeal help to ensure future generations can enjoy, learn and benefit from the Shaw Festival’s performances and programs.

Thomas & Linda Beran • Gail & Alick Innes • Ian Orchard & Angela Lange • Richard & Nadine Osborn • Brian & Paddy Parr • In memory of Edna Powers • Robert Purves • Julia & Jerry Yaffee • 1 anonymous gift

PHILIP AKIN BLACK SHOULDERS LEGACY AWARD This award was established in honour of Canadian Director/Playwright Philip Akin. Gifts to the Philip Akin Black Shoulders Legacy Award are invested by the Shaw Festival Endowment Foundation to support youngin-craft Black Canadian theatre artists through financial support, artistic guidance, and national promotion.

Each year, up to five artists are awarded a minimum $5000 prize towards training and opportunities to grow their craft.

LEAD DONORS ($10,000+) Buddies in Bad Times Theatre • Emma Donoghue • Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton • Jefferson Mappin • The Metcalf Foundation • The Musical Stage Company • Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle • Shaw Festival GIFTS ($500+) Thom Allison • Arts Club Theatre Company • David Auster • Alethea Bakeogeorge

• Victoria Barber • Paul Beauchamp • Belfry Theatre • Judith Bowden* & Jeff Cummings* • Theresa Boyle • Cahoots Theatre • Canadian Stage • Centaur Foundation for Performing Arts • Suzanne Cheriton • Derrick Chua • Mitchell Cohen • Steven G Cumyn • David Daniels • Patrick David • Megan Deeks • Cassandra Di Felice • Emma Donoghue • Factory Theatre • Yvonne Fleck • John Goddard • Harold Green Jewish Theatre • Kate Hennig* • Ray Hogg • Robyn Hoja • Astrid Janson • Michael Jones • Pauline Jones • Tamara Jones • Thomas Jones • Koff ler Centre • Mitchell Marcus • Leanne Matlow • Racheal McCaig • Bart Nickerson • Nightwood Theatre • Stacey Norton • Obsidian Theatre Board of Directors • Obsidian Theatre Company • Play wrights Canada Press • Kimberley Rampersad* • Luke Reece • Suzy Rodness • Alicia Rose • Amanda Rosenthal • Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre • Rupal Shah • Michael Sinclair • Celia Smith • Dennis Souder & Deborah Bannerman • Soulpepper Theatre • The Stratford Festival • Summerworks • Talk Is Free Theatre • Tarragon Theatre • Theatre Calgary • Theatre Gargantua • The Theatre Centre • Kristen Thomson • Alan & Janet Walker • Ellen Wallace • Lucy White • Young People’s Theatre • Rhonda Zwingerman • 1 anonymous gift

THE DOHERTY-RAND LEGACY CIRCLE Recognizes generous individuals who commit to future support through bequests or other legacy gifts.

Bob & Dorothy Aaron • Mr Doug & Dr Lavonne Adams • Robert G. Anderson & Charles William Tate • Anonymous Buffalo Donors • Callie Archer • Scott & Ruth Aspinall • Rob Ayling • Deanna Baker • Charles Balbach++ • Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ • Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay • Patricia & Barrie Barootes • Laurie Barrett • Joann Bean • Peggy Bell • Thomas & Linda Beran • Stacey Lynn Bilotta • Dr Brenda Birkin • Ronald James Boone • Norman Bradshaw • James F. Brown++ • Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ • Thomas A. Caster • Anne Cattermole Levy • Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ • Dr Kathy Jane Chambery • Janice Coles • Glenna & Derek Collins • William & Lacey Anne Collins • Barry H. Davidson • Patricia G. Debrusk • Marilyn L. Dickinson • Dr L. Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy M. Dodson • Mr James Duhaime & Dr Heather Hannah • Vivien Dzau+ & Daniel MacIntosh • Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis • Steven Endicott • Carol Baggott Forte • Lorna & Walter C. Gates, Jr • John Geller • Mrs Priscilla Gerde • Judy & Peter+ Gill • Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman • Wendy Glazier • Alexander Gluskin & Shauna Sexsmith • Suzanne Gouvernet • Mr & Mrs David Graper • Pat Graves • Mike Grey • Maryann & Peter Grierson • Lyle Hall++ • Dr Marilyn J. Haring • Laurie+ & Douglas Harley • Donald Harrington • Brian Harrison & Daryl Novak • Ellen L. Hawman • Suzanne Hébert+ • Pamela++ & Robert Heilman • Mary E. Hill++ • Lauri & Jean Hiivala • Susan A. Howard • Hunter Green Trust • Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ • Colleen++ & Brian Johnston • Ron & Nancy Johnston • Steve Johnston & Ron Price-Jones • Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph • Douglas Kahn • Karen & Howard Kaplan • James & Diane++ King • Tom & Barb Kuby • Tammy Laber • Dr & Mrs Richard V. Lee • Larry Lubin • Ronald H. Luczak++ • R. Susan MacIntyre • Joanna Manning • Dennis & Bernadette Martin • Gail Martin • Dr Donald McCreary • Mary I. McLeod Foundation • Sylvia M. McPhee • Mrs Stephanie Meredith • Cindy Mewhinney* • Paul & Karen Munninghoff • Christopher Newton* • Brian & Paddy Parr • Robin Pitcher • Tim++ & Frances++ Price • Sam & Robin++ Ridesic • Margaret A. Riggin • Patricia C. & Forrest H. Riordan • Thomas R. Roese & William H. Frank • Joy Rogers • Larry J. Santon • Manfred & Phyllis Schaefer • Sabine & Jochen Schleese • Nancy Smith++ • Wendy & Wayne Smith • Elizabeth A. Stirling • John & Patricia Stocker • Ken Stowe & Nita Farmer • Scott Sunderland • H. Allen & Valerie R. Swanson • Estate of Douglas Elton Tallon • Lynda & Stephen Tepperman • Elizabeth Terry • Merilyn & Jim Thompson • The Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs Family Foundation • Peter & Marie Van Der Gulik • Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann • Carolyn J. Warner • In memory of Sandra Louise Warun • Harriet 'Sis' Bunting Weld+ • Philip & Kimberley* White • Jim Whitehead • Deborah & Grant Williams • 51 anonymous gifts

TRIBUTES & IN MEMORIAM GIFTS GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF William Bennett • Marshall Berman • Edgar Cowan • Noah Cowan • George

Dembroski • David Dillon • Joseph Francis Earls • William French • Patti Fox • Jack Hahn • Nona Macdonald Heaslip+ • Peter Herrndorf • Colleen Diana Howard • Joan Louise Clark Jarvis • Elspeth Johnson • Don & Helen Johnston • Matilde Kaip • David Kent • Norbert Lapczynski • Christopher Li Greci • Nancy Lou Alexandra Lofft •

Gary Manning • Allen Mervin • Dick O'Connor • David Owens • Oliver Owens • Landon Mackenzie Pearson • Edna Powers • Bill Rankin • Joan & George Reynolds • John A. Rhind • Victor Rice+ • Keith Salmon • David Silcox • Glenna & Charles Sloan • Gayle Stokes • James Michael Taylor • Colin Watson+ • Paxton Whitehead GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOUR OF Samara Ball*, Senior Box Office Representative • Tim Carroll*++ • Cast & Crew of Fairview (Canadian Stage) • Shaw Embedded Artists • Mary Mizen++ & The Shaw Guild • Not Ordinary Traveling Ladies • Our Grandchildren (Brad & Lorraine Derrick) • Shaw Props Department • Harriet Stairs • Theatre Lovers & Fans of Damien Atkins* • Kim White* DONATIONS IN KIND ($1000+) Robert & Linda Baines • Ms Erica Bartel • Elizabeth Molson, in memory of

Gerda Molson • Mr John Seibel

FOUNDATIONS James A. Burton & Family Foundation • Cullen Foundation • DeRoy Testamentary Foundation • Donner Canadian Foundation • Elcan Ridge Foundation, in memory of Elspeth Johnson • Fleming Foundation • The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation • Humeniuk Foundation • Jackman Foundation • The Henry White Kinnear Foundation • The Lawrason Foundation • The McLean Foundation • Mary I. McLeod Foundation • The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation • George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation • Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation • Niagara Community Foundation • Roach Family Foundation • The Slaight Family Foundation • Dorothy Strelsin Foundation • 3 anonymous gifts

CORPORATE THEATRE & PRODUCTION SPONSORS 124 on Queen Hotel & Spa • BMO Financial Group • Burgundy Asset Management Ltd • Hummel Properties Inc • Paradigm Capital Inc • The Shaw Guild • TD Bank Group PROGRAM SUPPORTERS CIBC • Critelli’s Fine Furniture • Hodgson Russ LLP • Holiday Inn Express &

Staybridge Suites Niagara-on-the-Lake • Niagara Falls Bridge Commission • RBC Foundation and the RBC Emerging Artists • Rich’s • Riverview Cellars Estate Winery • Scotiabank • Spirit in Niagara – Small Batch Distillers • Sun Life • Vintage Hotels

MEDIA, PRODUCT & IN-KIND SUPPORT Classical 96.3 • Hummel Properties Inc • Jackson-Triggs Estate

Winery • Navigator Ltd • Niagara Airbus • Peller Estates Winery & Restaurant • Toronto Star • Trius Winery & Restaurant • Riverbend Inn & Vineyard • Zoomer Radio

PERFORMANCE HOSTS & BUSINESS MEMBERS Allstream • Cenovus Energy • Irish Design • It’s All

Fun & Games • Lumsden McCormick CPAs • Niagara Holiday Rentals • Procor Limited • The Woodbridge Company Limited • 1 anonymous gift

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES Special thanks to the 400+ volunteers who contribute more than 15,000 hours to this Festival – without their support, many of our programs and events would not be possible.

THE SHAW GUILD Mary Mizen++, President • Alan Walker+, Past President The Shaw Guild is a large group of volunteers who support and promote the Shaw Festival. They are involved in many activities including greeting patrons, taking tickets, leading backstage tours, beautifying the theatre gardens, running successful fundraising events, and building awareness and engagement for The Shaw.

Collectively, they donate more than 15,000 volunteer hours each year.

SHAW BOXING EVENING Marc St-Onge++, Chair SHIVAREE Chris Semple, Chair

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